History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
~l r.VTH opened a School in that Town, and offers hie Service to -* -- " prepare young Gentlemen for the College, the Compting- " House, or any genteel Business for which Parents or Guardians may "design them. Children who know their Letters will be admitted to " his School, and taught to read English with propriety, and to write it "with a fair Hand, and with gnimmatical accuracy. They will be in- "structedin Arithmetic, if required, in its utmost extent; and in the " Elements of Geometry ; in Trigonometry, Navigation, Surveying, etc. " -- The Latin and Greek Languages will be taught those who are in- " tended for a learned Education.
"There are already eleven Students nnder Mr. Seabury's Care, and as "soon as the Number of Scholars shall require it, a good Usher will be " provided : And no Care or Uiligence shall be wanting to give Satisfac- " tiou to those Gentlemen who shall favor him with the Education of " their Children.
*■ Proper attenti< n will be paid to the young Gentlemen, that they be " kept clean and decent, and that they behave with propriety ; and aa " the most essential Part of Education is to qualify- them to Disciiarge "the Duties and Offices of Life with Integrity and Virtue, particular "Care will be taken to explain to them the Principles of Morality, and "the Christian Kcligion, by frequent short Lectures, adapted to their " Capacity.
" Board, (Washing included) may be had, in unexceptionable Fami- "lies, at about twenty Pounds per Ann. and the Tuition will be six " Pounds, New-York Currency, and eight Shillings for Fire-wood.